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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Gneeling Gnomes with Rifles

Forever ago I posted some pics of the prototype of my Gneeling Gnome:


Gneeling Gnome Prototype


I like this sculpt more than the first one. He looks much angrier:
Gneeling Gnome Face


Shortly after I finished the sculpt, I set about making the rubber jacket mold:
Gneeling Gnome Molding


Since the original standing gnome rifleman didn't sell very well on eBay, I decided not to waste time finishing the mold. It's been sitting on top of a cabinet in the workshop ever since.


More recently, I've opened my Etsy shop (http://www.etsy.com/shop/thorssoli) and it turns out I've sold a few. Enough to justify finishing up a second one at any rate.


So on Tuesday I finally went ahead and started work on the mothermold:
Gneeling Gnome Mother Mold Half


Then on Wednesday I pulled the sculpt out of the mold and poured the first copy:
Gneeling Gnome First Cast
The lump of green and white on the right is the original sculpt.  They don't tend to survive being removed from the mold.

Now I just need a few gallons of casting resin so I can start production proper.  So go to my Etsy shop and buy some gnomes so I can afford to keep going...

3 comments:

  1. A saw a picture of this on Facebook by TGS.COM and people were interested so I commented with the link to you shop on Etsy. Good luck with the sales!

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  2. What do you sculpt in? And what do you use to make your molds?

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  3. Have you considered creating a Tank Gnome with a Gnome that's standing up in the hatch of a tank? I've a friend in the military who is a tank commander. This would make an excellent Christmas gift for him.

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